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Calvin Ruysen Desk Officer, Southern Africa Region Technical Challenges in Humanitarian Clearance of Anti Vehicle Mines: A Field Perspective Anti Vehicle Mines Cause Civilian Accidents Structured Minefields Herat, Afghanistan Cuito


  1. Calvin Ruysen Desk Officer, Southern Africa Region

  2. Technical Challenges in Humanitarian Clearance of Anti ‐ Vehicle Mines: A Field Perspective

  3. Anti ‐ Vehicle Mines Cause Civilian Accidents

  4. Structured Minefields Herat, Afghanistan Cuito Cuanavale, Angola

  5. Large Open Areas Herat, Afghanistan

  6. Roads and Tracks Nagorno Karabakh

  7. Metal ‐ Cased Anti ‐ Vehicle Mines • Easy to locate with metal detectors • Faster, less costly clearance Minimum ‐ Metal Anti ‐ Vehicle Mines • Very difficult or impossible to locate with metal detectors • Slower, more costly clearance

  8. Jebrail, Western Afghanistan

  9. Jebrail Clearance

  10. Roads in Southern Angola Cuito Cuanavale

  11. Clearance on Sandy Roads

  12. Beyond Metal Detectors • Ground ‐ Penetrating Radar • Gill Bucket • Rotary Mine Comb

  13. Alternative Techniques • Explosive Trace Detection • Tillers and Flails • Other Prototypes

  14. Impact of Clearance

  15. Minimum Metal Anti ‐ Vehicle Mines: A significant Technical Challenge

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